I don't have kids, but if I were a parent, I would find it a hard choice to make. In the news recently in the UK there were calls to ban non-vaccinated kids from school - it was quite rightly met with derision. I don't think the government has any right to force the issue - it must be left for parents to decide what they believe is right for their child. As an example why I'm in 2 minds about this - a woman i used to work with had her firstborn given the mmr jab - and a healthy, lively baby changed overnight. He was later diagnosed as autistic - but of course, the doctors said it was pure coincidence. Needless to say, her second child wasn't vaccinated. And my poor cat too. He has to be vaccinated by law to be able to be put into a cattery when we go away. The vet gave him a rabies injection - 20 minutes later and our very much loved pet went into a sort of seizure. The vet gave him something to purge his stomach 'because he must have eaten something' and we left him there, thinking we wouldn't see him again. He survived the night, but when we went to get him, he was totally blind - it took another 6 hours for his sight to come back. At no time did the vet admit it could have been the vaccine.
Incidents like these are supposedly rare, but I think the media glosses over the risks - and like I said, if it was my decision to make for my child, I'm not sure I could do it.
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As an example why I'm in 2 minds about this - a woman i used to work with had her firstborn given the mmr jab - and a healthy, lively baby changed overnight. He was later diagnosed as autistic - but of course, the doctors said it was pure coincidence. Needless to say, her second child wasn't vaccinated.
And my poor cat too. He has to be vaccinated by law to be able to be put into a cattery when we go away. The vet gave him a rabies injection - 20 minutes later and our very much loved pet went into a sort of seizure. The vet gave him something to purge his stomach 'because he must have eaten something' and we left him there, thinking we wouldn't see him again. He survived the night, but when we went to get him, he was totally blind - it took another 6 hours for his sight to come back. At no time did the vet admit it could have been the vaccine.
Incidents like these are supposedly rare, but I think the media glosses over the risks - and like I said, if it was my decision to make for my child, I'm not sure I could do it.